Great granny mauled to death by pitbull

...eleven bullets before dog died

Undertakers remove the body of Liliann Bunsie from the family's home at La Seiva, Maraval, where she was mauled to death by a pitbill. PHOTO by AYANNA KINGSALE

Donstan Bonn

AN 84-year-old great grandmother was mauled to death by a pitbull at La Seiva Road, Maraval today. Liliann Bunsie was bitten multiple times, and despite her relatives trying to fend off the attack, the dog

kept on biting.

When police arrived, they had to fire eleven bullets before the dog died.The dog was one of at least ten being kept on the property

by two relatives were breeding the animals for sale.

Bunsie had been bitten in the past, the Express was told. A veterinarian was later called to confirm that the dog was a pitbull, which is considered a dangerous animal according to the Dog Control Bill. The Bill was recently passed in Parliament but has not been proclaimed law by the President.

Section 19 of the Dog Control Bill states -

(1) Where a class A dog injures a person, without reasonable cause whether in a public place or on private premises, the owner or keeper of the dog commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred thousand dollars and to imprisonment for five years.

(2) Where a class A dog kills a person or causes the death of a person, without reasonable cause, the owner or keeper of the dog commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of two hundred thousand dollars and to imprisonment for ten years